Delivery Director

Systra; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada is seeking a Delivery Director to provide senior leadership across the SCT-Stations portfolio, coordinating readiness, governance and safety assurance to deliver transport infrastructure projects in Ontario and beyond.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, manage risks, support commercial negotiations and engage with Metrolinx and contractors to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes across complex rail programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years' experience delivering major infrastructure, transportation, rail, transit or complex capital programmes.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across large and complex project portfolios.
• Significant experience in project governance, risk management, programme controls and stakeholder management.
• Experience managing readiness, assurance, commissioning, handover or operational transition activities.
• Experience supporting commercial negotiations, contract administration and issue resolution.
• Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead MTC readiness planning and implementation activities across the Stations Portfolio.
• Ensure governance, reporting and decision-making processes are aligned with IDPC requirements.
• Provide oversight of safety assurance tracking, action management and close-out activities across the portfolio.
• Support commercial negotiations, commercial issue resolution and contract-related matters as required.
• Work with project teams, functional leads and stakeholders to identify and mitigate delivery risks.
• Support portfolio performance management, reporting and delivery assurance activities.
• Engage with Metrolinx, delivery partners, contractors and other stakeholders to support successful project outcomes.
• Provide strategic leadership and support across the portfolio during readiness, handover and transition phases.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Public sector experience

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.

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Context

The Delivery Director will provide senior leadership across a portfolio of stations projects for the SCT-Stations team. The role will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing project readiness, governance, safety assurance and strategic delivery activities across the portfolio.

Missions/Main Duties

Leading MTC readiness planning and implementation activities across the Stations Portfolio.

Ensuring governance, reporting and decision-making processes are aligned with IDPC requirements.

Providing oversight of safety assurance tracking, action management and close-out activities across the portfolio.

Supporting commercial negotiations, commercial issue resolution and contract-related matters as required.

Working with project teams, functional leads and stakeholders to identify and mitigate delivery risks.

Supporting portfolio performance management, reporting and delivery assurance activities.

Engaging with Metrolinx, delivery partners, contractors and other stakeholders to support

successful project outcomes.

Providing strategic leadership and support across the portfolio during readiness, handover and transition phases.

Profile/Skills

• Degree or diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years' experience delivering major infrastructure, transportation, rail, transit or complex capital programmes.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams across large and complex project portfolios.
• Significant experience in project governance, risk management, programme controls and stakeholder management.
• Experience managing readiness, assurance, commissioning, handover or operational transition activities.
• Experience supporting commercial negotiations, contract administration and issue resolution.
• Strong understanding of public sector governance and major capital project delivery environments.
• Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.

We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.

For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [e-mail].

Workplace Type

On-site